Recommendations for Future Specifications to Ensure Durable Next Generation Concrete

The objectives of this research effort include: (1) to provide a review of current “best practices” for the development and implementation of performance-based specifications (PBS) for concrete for transportation projects, (2) to review available performance test methods and criteria for performance, relevant to environmental conditions and traffic patterns in the state, (3) to quantify savings to the state comparing prescriptive and performance specification and (4) to generate guidelines for incorporating PBS as an option in Sections 430, 439, and 500.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $324996
• Contract Numbers:

  GDOT RP 20-19

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Georgia Department of Transportation

  One Georgia Center
  600 West Peachtree Street, NW
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30308
• Managing Organizations:

  Georgia Department of Transportation

  One Georgia Center
  600 West Peachtree Street, NW
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30308
• Project Managers:

  Roney, Brennan

• Performing Organizations:

  Georgia Tech Research Corporation

  505 Tenth Street
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30332-0420
• Principal Investigators:

  Kurtis, Kimberly

• Start Date: 20200825
• Expected Completion Date: 20230825
• Actual Completion Date: 20240225
• USDOT Program: Advanced Research
• USDOT Program: Information-Based Initiatives
• USDOT Program: Research and Development

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Durability; Guidelines; High performance concrete; Performance based specifications; Performance tests; Test procedures
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Design; Environment; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01750905
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Georgia Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: GDOT RP 20-19
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 31 2020 10:59AM